The feds accuse Martin Cuellar, the sheriff of Webb County, of using county employees and resources as he launched a disinfecting business during the COVID pandemic. The post U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar’s brother indicted on federal fraud charges appeared first on San Antonio Current.
Arreaga launched San Antonio’s Elotitos in 2020, eventually turning corn-based treats into a brick-and-mortar business. The post Cooking Up Conversation: Jesus Arreaga of Elotitos on turning a snack into a business appeared first on San Antonio Current.
The groups that operate Texas’ 988 system face a convergence of challenges this year, from expiring federal money to heavier workloads since the Trump administration eliminated the special option for LGBTQ youth. The post Removal of LGBTQ+ option from 988 hotline is straining overburdened Texas crisis centers appeared first on San Antonio Current.
City Council’s high-strung meeting on the San Antonio Police Department’s cooperation with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) was anything but ordinary. Between council being forced into recess three separate times, the beat of drums from protesters outside council chambers and shouting matches between progressives and conservatives in the gallery, Thursday’s meeting was emblematic of the […]
Council has already called two emergency recesses as the capacity crowd inside the chamber erupted in shouting matches. The post San Antonio City Council meeting to discuss ICE operations descends into chaos appeared first on San Antonio Current.
A 5-year-old boy arrested this week by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in Minneapolis could be held in a San Antonio-area detention facility, Democratic U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro said Thursday afternoon in a social media post. “We don’t know that he’s there, but we suspect that they’re sending him there,” Castro, whose district includes […]
The Sala Diaz founder’s latest show runs simultaneously in San Antonio and New York at Ruiz-Healy Art. The post Alejandro Diaz’s new exhibition ‘Rooms and Places’ embraces imperfection appeared first on San Antonio Current.
Five county shelters and six city shelters will open Saturday and remain in operation through noon Monday. The post San Antonio and Bexar County open warming shelters ahead of weekend winter storm appeared first on San Antonio Current.
Superintendent Dana Bashara told parents that author Chris Barton refused to comply with a Texas law banning LGBTQ+ issues in the classroom. Emails tell a different story. The post Email contradicts Alamo Heights superintendent’s claim about why author visit was canceled appeared first on San Antonio Current.
Immigration officials initially said the 55-year-old Cuban detainee died of ‘medical distress’ but later changed the cause to suicide. The medical examiner ruled he was suffocated while being restrained. The post Immigrant’s death in ICE custody ruled homicide by El Paso medical examiner appeared first on San Antonio Current.